Improper Verification of Source of a Communication Channel Affecting openvpn package, versions [2.6.0,2.6.16)[2.7-alpha1,2.7-rc2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.63% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-OPENVPN-14459403
  • published17 Dec 2025
  • disclosed3 Dec 2025
  • creditJoshua Rogers

Introduced: 3 Dec 2025

CVE-2025-13086  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-940  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openvpn to version 2.6.16, 2.7-rc2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Verification of Source of a Communication Channel in the source IP address validation. An attacker can disrupt active client sessions by initiating a connection from a different IP address, causing service interruption for the original client.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1